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The Platinum Card is the most premium credit card that American Express offers openly to the general public in the UK.
It comes with a number of benefits including travel and car insurance, hotel status with chains such as Hilton, Marriott, Radisson and Melia, airport lounge access with Priority Pass, £400 of restaurant credit each year and much more.
This article looks at whether the American Express Platinum Card is worth the £650 annual fee.
You can read our full review of The Platinum Card by American Express here. You can apply for the card here.
American Express has launched a new cashback deal with the Co-Op. You will receive £5 cashback when you spend £15 in-store. This is widely available. Don’t confuse it, however, with an offer .....
American Express has launched a new cashback deal with the Co-Op. You will receive £5 cashback when you spend .....
3 Oct 20203 October 2020
American Express has launched another £100 giveaway this morning for holders of The Platinum Card. You will receive £100 statement credit when you spend £100 at a combination of Waitrose, John .....
American Express has launched another £100 giveaway this morning for holders of The Platinum Card. You will .....
23 Sep 202023 September 2020 • 126 comments
Another batch of hotel cashback offers have hit American Express cards. This means that virtually all of the major chains are currently offering cashback via American Express, although you may not be .....
Another batch of hotel cashback offers have hit American Express cards. This means that virtually all of the .....
22 Sep 202022 September 2020 • 64 comments
If you have an American Express Platinum card then you should know about the Fine Hotels & Resorts hotel booking programme. This is a grouping of 5-star hotels which offers special benefits to .....
If you have an American Express Platinum card then you should know about the Fine Hotels & Resorts hotel .....
18 Sep 202018 September 2020 • 28 comments
This article looks at the different ways you can get elite status with hotel chains via UK credit and charge cards. If you are just getting started with miles and points, you have probably realised by .....
This article looks at the different ways you can get elite status with hotel chains via UK credit and charge .....
15 Sep 202015 September 2020 • 27 comments
Having rented a few cars this Summer, I thought it was worth running through one of the lesser known benefits of The Platinum Card from American Express. Most people know that Amex Platinum comes with .....
Having rented a few cars this Summer, I thought it was worth running through one of the lesser known benefits .....
4 Sep 20204 September 2020 • 41 comments
Small Luxury Hotels of the World has launched a new cashback offer with American Express. I have it on my Platinum card and my wife has it on her Gold card. I’m not sure what other cards may .....
Small Luxury Hotels of the World has launched a new cashback offer with American Express. I have it on my .....
3 Sep 20203 September 2020 • 13 comments
If you are travelling through Frankfurt or Munich Airport in September, American Express Platinum has extended its deal with Lufthansa to allow cardholders into its lounges. The Platinum Card from .....
If you are travelling through Frankfurt or Munich Airport in September, American Express Platinum has extended .....
1 Sep 20201 September 2020 • 22 comments
Yesterday we covered an interesting Santander Cycles American Express card offer. This would get you 1,000 Membership Rewards points for a £6 outlay. There are a number of other American Express .....
Yesterday we covered an interesting Santander Cycles American Express card offer. This would get you 1,000 .....
26 Aug 202026 August 2020
American Express has launched a very interesting offer for holders of American Express Business Gold and American Express Business Platinum. This is the same offer which was made available to holders .....
American Express has launched a very interesting offer for holders of American Express Business Gold and .....
19 Aug 202019 August 2020 • 19 comments
Since the start of May, American Express had been giving people six months – rather than the usual three months – to hit the spending target required to earn the sign-up bonus on a new .....
Since the start of May, American Express had been giving people six months – rather than the usual three .....
17 Aug 202017 August 2020 • 38 comments
Since the start of May, American Express has been giving new applicants six months – rather than the usual three months – to hit the spending target required to earn the sign-up bonus on a .....
Since the start of May, American Express has been giving new applicants six months – rather than the .....
15 Aug 202015 August 2020 • 40 comments
Over the last year, there have been rumbles of discontent in our comments section about the travel insurance policy provided with The Platinum Card by American Express. On paper this is a strong .....
Over the last year, there have been rumbles of discontent in our comments section about the travel insurance .....
13 Aug 202013 August 2020 • 77 comments
If you have a small business, you may qualify for the biggest UK American Express sign-up bonus. With American Express Business Platinum, you will receive a sign-up bonus of 40,000 Membership Rewards .....
If you have a small business, you may qualify for the biggest UK American Express sign-up bonus. With American .....
2 Aug 20202 August 2020
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